he felt about the way the romney campaign has colored the white house response to the death of chris stevens. that was legitimate anger an emotion. that wasn't because he had been in debate prep. >> i totally agree. >> i think he has been frustrated by the narrative that the gop has been trying to establish and it was a kind of a blood letting and he finally got to make his case to defend himself. >> thank you for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, we have the numbers. this is actual real news coming up. this is something president obama wishes that he had last night. mitt romney tried a new idea last night about how to pay for his tax cut and we can now tell you, by the numbers, exactly how ridiculous that idea is. steve kornacki and krystal ball. and lily ledbetter's reaction with joy reid. >>> and d.h.hughley is here tonight. and in the rewrite tonight while allowing only undecided voters in the debate was a huge mistake. that's coming up. le announcer ]e a shadow of your former self? c'mon, michael! get in the game! [ male announcer ] don't have the hops for hoops wi